IC 5051
IC 5051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5051 as it looked roughly 622 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 5048Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 5075Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5099Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5075Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5099Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral62 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).