IC 753
IC 753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 753 as it looked roughly 298 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 4044Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4079Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4075Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4079Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 754Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular23 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).