IC 5012
IC 5012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5012 as it looked roughly 298 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 4989Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5033Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4983Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5033Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral36 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).