IC 5249
IC 5249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5249 as it looked roughly 111 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 7661Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7697Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7098Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7697Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7098Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 5182Spiral27 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).