IC 5156
IC 5156
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5156 as it looked roughly 127 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 7187Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7174Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7173Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 7174Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7154Irregular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7172Spiral8.1 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).