IC 5177
IC 5177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5177 as it looked roughly 376 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 7194Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7195Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5161Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7195Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 5161Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7237Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7236Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1427Elliptical28 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).