IC 5085
IC 5085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
535 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 535 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5085 as it looked roughly 535 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 5108Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4903Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 5099Spiral73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5073Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4903Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 5099Spiral73 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).