IC 5253
IC 5253
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5253 as it looked roughly 330 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 5254Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5243Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7409Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7375Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5243Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7409Lenticular20 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).