IC 5207
IC 5207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5207 as it looked roughly 319 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
NGC 7205ASpiral28 million ly
apartIC 5208Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5238Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5185Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5197Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5208Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5238Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5185Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5197Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral63 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).