IC 5321
IC 5321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5321 as it looked roughly 135 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 7444Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1491Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1491Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5261Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7392Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical26 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).