IC 5240
IC 5240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5240 as it looked roughly 82 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 5224Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 5267Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5267Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7412Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7410Barred spiral9.0 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).