NGC 1753
NGC 1753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1753 as it looked roughly 183 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 399Irregular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1699Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1700Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1740Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1699Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1700Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1694Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1740Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1741Spiral7.9 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).