IC 5186
IC 5186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5186 as it looked roughly 232 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 5199Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7130Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical36 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).