IC 5087
IC 5087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
752 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
319k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 752 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5087 as it looked roughly 752 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 5077Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5016Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5091Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 5103Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 5048Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5016Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5091Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 5103Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 5048Barred spiral130 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).