IC 5103
IC 5103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
821 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
255k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 821 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5103 as it looked roughly 821 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 5091Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5087Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 5077Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 5016Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 5129Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5087Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 5077Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 5016Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 5129Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 5093Spiral180 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).