IC 5345
IC 5345
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5345 as it looked roughly 374 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 5343Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5310Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 5353Elliptical41 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).