IC 5108
IC 5108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
522 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 522 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5108 as it looked roughly 522 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 5085Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5073Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 5202Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5073Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5022Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5066Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 5032Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 5202Barred spiral74 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).