IC 653
IC 653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 653 as it looked roughly 258 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 633Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3243Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 609Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3325Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3243Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 609Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular34 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).