IC 5212
IC 5212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5212 as it looked roughly 387 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 5209Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7289Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7289Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular49 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).