IC 5008
IC 5008
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5008 as it looked roughly 172 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 6932Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular9.4 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5024Galaxy6.7 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular9.4 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical10 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).