NGC 5017
NGC 5017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5017 as it looked roughly 118 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 5030Lenticular910,000 ly
apartIC 863Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4902Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 863Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4902Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral9.2 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).