IC 5188
IC 5188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5188 as it looked roughly 217 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
IC 5203Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 5187Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5220Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5141Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5187Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 5220Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5141Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5125Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 5074Spiral38 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).