IC 5297
IC 5297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5297 as it looked roughly 379 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 5295Spiral990,000 ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 5293Galaxy9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5296Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 5293Galaxy9.6 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).