IC 5312
IC 5312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
515 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 515 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5312 as it looked roughly 515 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 5314Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7588Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 5317Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular31 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).