NGC 853
NGC 853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 853 as it looked roughly 72 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 755Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 988Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 779Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical9.0 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).