IC 5106
IC 5106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5106 as it looked roughly 179 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 7123Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5116Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy15 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).