IC 5352
IC 5352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5352 as it looked roughly 310 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 1505Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1515Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5357Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical16 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).