IC 5246
IC 5246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5246 as it looked roughly 148 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 5250BLenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 5250AElliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 5266Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 7417Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 5222Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5250AElliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 5266Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 7417Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 5222Barred spiral4.9 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).