IC 5118
IC 5118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5118 as it looked roughly 373 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 5130Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5138Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral64 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).