IC 5269
IC 5269
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5269 as it looked roughly 97 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 7418ASpiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 5264Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5264Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5270Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7545Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7307Spiral12 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).