NGC 5018
NGC 5018
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5018 as it looked roughly 131 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 5006Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4237Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5031Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4237Barred spiral9.6 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).