IC 5123
IC 5123
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
444 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 444 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5123 as it looked roughly 444 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 5102Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5109Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy48 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5094Barred spiral58 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).