NGC 1653
NGC 1653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1653 as it looked roughly 202 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 1657Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 1682Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1682Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1684Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1654Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1670Lenticular13 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).