NGC 5049
NGC 5049
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5049 as it looked roughly 128 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 5044Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5073Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5077Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5031Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5073Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5077Elliptical8.7 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).