IC 5110
IC 5110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5110 as it looked roughly 409 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 5190Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 5197Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 5238Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5197Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 5238Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 4953Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 5017Lenticular78 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).