IC 5381
IC 5381
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
523 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 523 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5381 as it looked roughly 523 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 1518Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 5367Spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7838Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular91 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5367Spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 7838Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular91 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).