NGC 3553
NGC 3553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3553 as it looked roughly 448 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 3558Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 3539Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3539Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3552Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 3527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3563BLenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3574Elliptical27 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).