NGC 1553
NGC 1553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
9.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1553 as it looked roughly 56 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 1549Elliptical960,000 ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1543Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral5.3 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).