IC 5032
IC 5032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
476 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 476 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5032 as it looked roughly 476 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 5055Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4993Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5031Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4993Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4921Lenticular57 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).