IC 3153
IC 3153
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
543 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 543 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3153 as it looked roughly 543 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 4453 NED01Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3128ASpiral60 million ly
apartIC 3068Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3731Barred spiral91 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3128ASpiral60 million ly
apartIC 3068Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3731Barred spiral91 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular94 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).