IC 5126
IC 5126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5126 as it looked roughly 328 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
NGC 7108Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 7120Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7120Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1397Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7065ASpiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7065Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7181Lenticular58 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).