IC 5124
IC 5124
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5124 as it looked roughly 489 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 5122Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7103Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1393Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1386Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7103Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1393Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular74 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).