IC 5338
IC 5338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
794 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
291k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 794 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5338 as it looked roughly 794 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 5336 NED01Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartIC 5337Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5336 NED02Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 7745Galaxy78 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular200 million ly
apartIC 1484Galaxy210 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5337Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5336 NED02Galaxy43 million ly
apartNGC 7745Galaxy78 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular200 million ly
apartIC 1484Galaxy210 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).