IC 5329
IC 5329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5329 as it looked roughly 268 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 5331Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7539Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7660Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 5282Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7539Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7660Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 5282Spiral34 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).