IC 5244
IC 5244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5244 as it looked roughly 164 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
NGC 7408Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 5247Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7358Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5247Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7358Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral13 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).