IC 5247
IC 5247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5247 as it looked roughly 159 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 7358Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 5227Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 5244Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5227Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5245Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 5244Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7329Barred spiral7.3 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).