IC 5162
IC 5162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5162 as it looked roughly 81 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 7205Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7151Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7151Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 7213Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral11 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).