IC 1753
IC 1753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
474 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 474 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1753 as it looked roughly 474 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
IC 1752Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 1742Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 816Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 1733Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 1742Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular53 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).