IC 5028
IC 5028
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5028 as it looked roughly 76 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 7059Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5176Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4869Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7205Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6810Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5176Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4869Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7205Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6810Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral20 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).