NGC 53
NGC 53
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 53 as it looked roughly 213 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 7823Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 434ALenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5322Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 434ALenticular30 million ly
apartIC 1597Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 434Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5322Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 440Barred spiral37 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).