IC 5024
IC 5024
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5024 as it looked roughly 176 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 4981Irregular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral8.9 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).