IC 5359
IC 5359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5359 as it looked roughly 327 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 5357Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1517Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7746Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1517Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral21 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).