IC 5140
IC 5140
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5140 as it looked roughly 187 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 5106Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7123Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5158Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5263Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7123Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5158Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5263Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral21 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).