IC 5193
IC 5193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5193 as it looked roughly 263 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 7242 NED01Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 7274Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5180Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7274Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 1441Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5180Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7276Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7240Elliptical19 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).