IC 5379
IC 5379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5379 as it looked roughly 286 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 5378 NED01Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 5378 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 15Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1513Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5378 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 15Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1513Spiral31 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).