IC 5309
IC 5309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5309 as it looked roughly 193 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 7619Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7617Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7621Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7615Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7617Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7621Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7615Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral16 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).