IC 5324
IC 5324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5324 as it looked roughly 182 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
NGC 7655Lenticular940,000 ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 5335Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5320Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 5335Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral8.6 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).