IC 5293
IC 5293
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5293 as it looked roughly 369 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 7548Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy9.6 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7527Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy9.6 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral13 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).