IC 5042
IC 5042
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5042 as it looked roughly 196 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 5038Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 5053Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5060Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5053Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5060Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral23 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).