IC 5147
IC 5147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5147 as it looked roughly 262 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 5142Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 5185Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5208Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5100Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5101Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5185Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5208Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5100Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5101Barred spiral27 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).