NGC 5051
NGC 5051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5051 as it looked roughly 209 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 5048Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4251Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical13 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).