IC 5037
IC 5037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5037 as it looked roughly 331 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 5033Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5012Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5017Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5012Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular52 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).