IC 5011
IC 5011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5011 as it looked roughly 106 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 6890Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6958Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5003Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5007Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6925Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6958Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 5003Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5007Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6925Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7070ALenticular27 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).