IC 5109
IC 5109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5109 as it looked roughly 415 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 5102Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5123Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5118Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5123Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5118Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral53 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).