NGC 5037
NGC 5037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5037 as it looked roughly 89 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 5054Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5087Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral14 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).