IC 5342
IC 5342
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5342 as it looked roughly 432 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 7728Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7720 NED01Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7740Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7720 NED01Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7740Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral41 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).