IC 5346
IC 5346
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
533 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 533 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5346 as it looked roughly 533 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 5347Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 5341Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 5367Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5341Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 5316Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 5367Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular66 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).