IC 5221
IC 5221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5221 as it looked roughly 499 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 5202Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5277Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5257Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 7734Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 7733Barred spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5277Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5257Barred spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 7734Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 7733Barred spiral68 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).