IC 5382
IC 5382
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5382 as it looked roughly 409 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 5288Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 7622Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5286Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 7622Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral65 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).