IC 5276
IC 5276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
459 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 459 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5276 as it looked roughly 459 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 5274Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7474Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7474Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1461Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7324Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 7414Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7413Elliptical45 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).