IC 5286
IC 5286
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5286 as it looked roughly 406 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 5288Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5232Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral53 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).