IC 5261
IC 5261
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5261 as it looked roughly 150 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 7392Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7365Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7359Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7365Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7377Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7359Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7450Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7443Lenticular20 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).