NGC 1353
NGC 1353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1353 as it looked roughly 71 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 1332Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1401Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1414Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral4.3 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).