IC 5236
IC 5236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
589 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 589 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5236 as it looked roughly 589 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 5257Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5213Spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 7278Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 5339Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5230Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 5213Spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 7278Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 5339Elliptical70 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).