IC 5282
IC 5282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5282 as it looked roughly 276 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 5285Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7539Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7489Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7323Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5329Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7316Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7539Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7489Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7323Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5329Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 7316Barred spiral35 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).