IC 5100
IC 5100
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5100 as it looked roughly 241 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 5101Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5107Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical37 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).