IC 5055
IC 5055
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
457 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 457 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5055 as it looked roughly 457 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 5031Galaxy9.5 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5123Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5032Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5123Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular49 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).