IC 5095
IC 5095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
578 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 578 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5095 as it looked roughly 578 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 5035Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 5213Spiral85 million ly
apartIC 5043Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 4974 NED01Elliptical88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5213Spiral85 million ly
apartIC 5043Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral87 million ly
apartIC 4974 NED01Elliptical88 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).