IC 5169
IC 5169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5169 as it looked roughly 142 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 7163Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7174Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5179Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7174Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5156Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 5179Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7173Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7187Lenticular20 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).