IC 5094
IC 5094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
472 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 472 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5094 as it looked roughly 472 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 5032Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5055Galaxy29 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5123Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5055Galaxy29 million ly
apartIC 5031Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 5010Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5123Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 5102Lenticular66 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).