IC 5298
IC 5298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5298 as it looked roughly 382 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 5295Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy5.0 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5297Galaxy5.0 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7548Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7568Barred spiral12 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).