IC 5259
IC 5259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5259 as it looked roughly 263 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
NGC 7395Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7440Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7485Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7440Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7446Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7426Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7485Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7379Barred spiral22 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).