IC 5351
IC 5351
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5351 as it looked roughly 294 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 5356Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1505Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5352Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1505Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral22 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).