IC 5373
IC 5373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5373 as it looked roughly 464 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 5369Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 5370Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5372Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 5371Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5370Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5372Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 5371Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical63 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).