IC 5209
IC 5209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
398 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 398 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5209 as it looked roughly 398 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 5212Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7289Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7289Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular48 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).