IC 5323
IC 5323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5323 as it looked roughly 185 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 5324Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 5335Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 5263Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7655Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 5335Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 5263Lenticular9.6 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).