IC 5107
IC 5107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5107 as it looked roughly 241 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 spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 5101Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5187Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5101Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 5142Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5147Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 5187Spiral38 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).