IC 5227
IC 5227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5227 as it looked roughly 157 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 7358Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5244Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5247Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5244Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular8.4 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).