IC 5229
IC 5229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5229 as it looked roughly 576 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 5213Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7278Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5236Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7249Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7278Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5236Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 7249Lenticular66 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).