IC 5151
IC 5151
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5151 as it looked roughly 393 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 1418Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7149Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7149Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1423Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1407Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7146Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1406Elliptical21 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).