NGC 5031
NGC 5031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5031 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 5049Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5073Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5010Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5073Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5010Lenticular7.6 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).