IC 5288
IC 5288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5288 as it looked roughly 407 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 5286Spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5232Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral55 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).