NGC 5056
NGC 5056
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5056 as it looked roughly 263 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 5074Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5065Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5065Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular12 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).