IC 5279
IC 5279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5279 as it looked roughly 183 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 5263Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5252Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 5320Lenticular8.9 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).