IC 5040
IC 5040
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5040 as it looked roughly 308 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 5025Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 4912Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4864Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4912Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4864Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral70 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).