IC 5331
IC 5331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5331 as it looked roughly 267 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 5329Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7539Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7660Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7539Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 7660Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 7550Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral34 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).