IC 5099
IC 5099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5099 as it looked roughly 601 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 5075Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5051Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5048Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5051Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 5048Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral50 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).