IC 5353
IC 5353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5353 as it looked roughly 384 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 5354Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 5362Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5362Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 5350Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical25 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).