IC 5242
IC 5242
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5242 as it looked roughly 334 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 5243Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 5253Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5233Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5253Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7321Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5254Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7375Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5233Barred spiral18 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).