IC 5326
IC 5326
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5326 as it looked roughly 342 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 7645Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7636Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7636Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical49 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).