IC 253
IC 253
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 253 as it looked roughly 346 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
NGC 1065Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 251Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical16 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).