IC 5362
IC 5362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5362 as it looked roughly 389 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 5354Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5353Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular23 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).