IC 5316
IC 5316
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
543 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 543 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5316 as it looked roughly 543 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 5317Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5300Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular31 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).