IC 553
IC 553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 553 as it looked roughly 304 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 3007Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3029Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3022Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 3029Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical25 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).