IC 5179
IC 5179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5179 as it looked roughly 159 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 7267Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 5169Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7174Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5169Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7306Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7163Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7174Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral33 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).