IC 5300
IC 5300
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5300 as it looked roughly 541 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 5316Galaxy12 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5317Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular27 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).