IC 5292
IC 5292
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5292 as it looked roughly 214 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
NGC 7559ALenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7559BElliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral9.6 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).