IC 5296
IC 5296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5296 as it looked roughly 377 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 5295Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 5293Galaxy7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5297Galaxy1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 5293Galaxy7.7 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).