IC 5335
IC 5335
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5335 as it looked roughly 180 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 5320Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5324Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral12 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).