IC 5033
IC 5033
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5033 as it looked roughly 325 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 5037Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5012Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5017Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5012Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4983Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4989Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4923Lenticular45 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).