IC 5
IC 5
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5 as it looked roughly 312 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 107Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1529Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1529Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 2Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral26 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).