NGC 1853
NGC 1853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1853 as it looked roughly 66 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 1672Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1703Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1703Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1824Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1892Spiral9.1 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).