IC 5220
IC 5220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5220 as it looked roughly 228 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 5187Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 5203Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5141Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5203Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5141Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral39 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).