IC 5274
IC 5274
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
465 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 465 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5274 as it looked roughly 465 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 5276Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7474Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7474Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical47 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).