NGC 2553
NGC 2553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2553 as it looked roughly 220 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 2253Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2556Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2557Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2560Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 2288Spiral12 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).