IC 5208
IC 5208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5208 as it looked roughly 281 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 5185Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5207Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5100Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5147Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5207Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5100Barred spiral49 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).