IC 5238
IC 5238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5238 as it looked roughly 367 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 5197Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5190Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7622Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7205ASpiral45 million ly
apartIC 5207Spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5190Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7622Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7205ASpiral45 million ly
apartIC 5207Spiral51 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).