IC 5080
IC 5080
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
558 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 558 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5080 as it looked roughly 558 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 5083Lenticular84 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7033Lenticular140 million ly
apartNGC 7159Galaxy140 million ly
apartIC 1398Spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 7034Elliptical150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5115Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 7033Lenticular140 million ly
apartNGC 7159Galaxy140 million ly
apartIC 1398Spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 7034Elliptical150 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).