IC 5222
IC 5222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5222 as it looked roughly 148 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 5246Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 5250BLenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 5250AElliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5250BLenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 5250AElliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral7.3 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).