IC 5307
IC 5307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
577 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 577 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5307 as it looked roughly 577 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 7579Galaxy8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular17 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).