IC 53
IC 53
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 53 as it looked roughly 549 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 57Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 62Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1565Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 62Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1565Elliptical47 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).