IC 5053
IC 5053
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5053 as it looked roughly 197 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 5060Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5054Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical14 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).