IC 5257
IC 5257
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
552 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 552 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5257 as it looked roughly 552 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 5236Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 5202Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5202Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 5229Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 5218Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5230Spiral74 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).