IC 5231
IC 5231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5231 as it looked roughly 354 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 5233Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5243Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5258Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5243Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5242Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5258Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular30 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).