IC 5314
IC 5314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5314 as it looked roughly 524 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 7571Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5312Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular25 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).