NGC 5046
NGC 5046
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5046 as it looked roughly 104 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 5038Lenticular830,000 ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5097Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5035Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5097Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular14 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).