IC 5270
IC 5270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5270 as it looked roughly 92 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 5264Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5269Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7418ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1459Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5269Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7404Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7418ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1459Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7421Barred spiral7.8 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).