IC 5031
IC 5031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5031 as it looked roughly 454 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 5055Galaxy9.5 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5032Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular56 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).