IC 5232
IC 5232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5232 as it looked roughly 404 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 5286Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5288Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5118Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5288Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5118Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical53 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).