IC 5347
IC 5347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5347 as it looked roughly 549 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 5346Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 5341Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 5367Spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5341Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular54 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 5367Spiral71 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).