NGC 5029
NGC 5029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
405 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
179k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 405 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5029 as it looked roughly 405 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 4901Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED01Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 4741Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5256 NED01Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED01Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 4741Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5256 NED01Barred spiral32 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).