NGC 5019
NGC 5019
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5019 as it looked roughly 299 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 873Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 871Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 876Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5060Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 871Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 876Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular21 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).