NGC 5004
NGC 5004
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5004 as it looked roughly 329 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 4966Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5004ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4913Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5004ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4913Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED01Elliptical14 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).