IC 5138
IC 5138
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5138 as it looked roughly 383 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 5118Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5232Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5232Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5130Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5109Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 5280Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 5286Spiral53 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).