IC 5130
IC 5130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5130 as it looked roughly 366 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 5118Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5138Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5040Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 5025Barred spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5138Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5040Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 5025Barred spiral67 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).