IC 4953
IC 4953
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4953 as it looked roughly 432 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 4849Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 4815Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5031Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy61 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 4815Lenticular66 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).