IC 5343
IC 5343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5343 as it looked roughly 378 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 5345Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5310Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular40 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).