IC 5014
IC 5014
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5014 as it looked roughly 182 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 5009Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6932Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular9.5 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).