IC 5009
IC 5009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5009 as it looked roughly 183 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 5014Galaxy4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular7.0 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6880Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular7.0 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical7.2 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).