IC 5034
IC 5034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
211k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5034 as it looked roughly 507 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 5035Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4974 NED01Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5027Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4976Spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4974 NED01Elliptical59 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral64 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).