IC 4553
IC 4553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4553 as it looked roughly 257 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 1124Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5829Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4583Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4534Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 4517Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5829Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6008Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4583Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4534Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 4517Barred spiral42 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).