IC 5262
IC 5262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5262 as it looked roughly 402 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 7289Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 7279Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 5209Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7279Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 7268 NED01Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 7299Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7262Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 5209Spiral54 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).