IC 5181
IC 5181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5181 as it looked roughly 94 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 7232Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7233Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7233Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7232BBarred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7144Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 7145Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7155Lenticular9.8 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).