NGC 1153
NGC 1153
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1153 as it looked roughly 146 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 273Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1137Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1211Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 277Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular20 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).