IC 5084
IC 5084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5084 as it looked roughly 147 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 5096Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 5092Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7083Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5092Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7083Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral12 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).