NGC 353
NGC 353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 353 as it looked roughly 194 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 351Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 307Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral14 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).