IC 5252
IC 5252
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5252 as it looked roughly 178 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 5263Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 5279Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5279Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7633Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical13 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).