IC 5358
IC 5358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
175k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5358 as it looked roughly 407 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 5349 NED02Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 5354Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5362Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5350Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 5354Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5362Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical22 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).