IC 5290
IC 5290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5290 as it looked roughly 291 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 7636Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7313Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5226Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1495Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7313Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5226Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1495Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical61 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).