IC 5277
IC 5277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
458 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 458 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5277 as it looked roughly 458 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 5302Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7733Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7734Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5288Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7733Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 7734Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 5288Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral57 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).