IC 2153 NED02
IC 2153 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2153 NED02 as it looked roughly 134 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 2153 NED01Lenticular290,000 ly
apartNGC 2049Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2049Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2150Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral29 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).