IC 5339
IC 5339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
624 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 624 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5339 as it looked roughly 624 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 5236Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 5257Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7278Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 5213Spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5257Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7278Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 5213Spiral120 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).