IC 5096
IC 5096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5096 as it looked roughly 146 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 spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 7083Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5092Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7083Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 7020Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 5092Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7096Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7096ABarred spiral11 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).