IC 5264
IC 5264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5264 as it looked roughly 94 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 5270Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7418ASpiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5269Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7418ASpiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral10 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).