IC 5144
IC 5144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5144 as it looked roughly 421 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 7207Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1394Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1394Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7206Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7190Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 5160Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7138Barred spiral35 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).