IC 5157
IC 5157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5157 as it looked roughly 208 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 7201Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7221Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7203Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7229Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular25 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).