IC 5199
IC 5199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5199 as it looked roughly 236 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 5186Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 7130Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7110Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7130Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 5128Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 7109Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7110Barred spiral37 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).