IC 5178
IC 5178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5178 as it looked roughly 248 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 7220Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartIC 1435Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1435Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7225Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 5149Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7252Lenticular29 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).