IC 5213
IC 5213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
581 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 581 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5213 as it looked roughly 581 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 7278Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7249Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 5236Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5229Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7249Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 5236Lenticular66 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).