IC 5111
IC 5111
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5111 as it looked roughly 352 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 1395Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1405Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7001Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1405Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7001Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 1411Elliptical55 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).