IC 5139
IC 5139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5139 as it looked roughly 250 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
NGC 7110Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5168Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7109Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5168Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular36 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).