IC 1953
IC 1953
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1953 as it looked roughly 86 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 1962Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 1952Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1952Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1377Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1347 NED01Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 343Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1407Elliptical5.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).