NGC 5041
NGC 5041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5041 as it looked roughly 349 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 5004ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4242Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4912Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4916Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5004Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5157Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4242Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4912Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4916Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5004Lenticular22 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).