IC 5036
IC 5036
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5036 as it looked roughly 161 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 5063Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 5064Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6948Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4938Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5064Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6948Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4938Barred spiral18 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).