IC 5102
IC 5102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5102 as it looked roughly 434 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 5123Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy49 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5109Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy49 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral62 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).