IC 5182
IC 5182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5182 as it looked roughly 137 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 7219Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7199Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7199Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 7192Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 7191Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7179Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 5154Spiral8.9 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).