IC 5354
IC 5354
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5354 as it looked roughly 391 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 5362Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5353Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular24 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).