IC 5101
IC 5101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5101 as it looked roughly 240 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 5100Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 5107Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5107Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4970Elliptical36 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).