IC 5083
IC 5083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
597 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 597 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5083 as it looked roughly 597 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 5080Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 1375Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1375Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 1379Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 5115Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1380Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 1365 NED02Galaxy130 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).