IC 5092
IC 5092
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5092 as it looked roughly 152 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 5084Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 5096Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7083Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5096Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7083Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular11 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).