IC 5059
IC 5059
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5059 as it looked roughly 151 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 5064Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 5063Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6948Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5084Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5063Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6942Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6948Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5084Barred spiral16 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).