IC 5104
IC 5104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5104 as it looked roughly 231 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
NGC 7053Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7028Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5119Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7052Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7080Barred spiral24 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).