NGC 5057
NGC 5057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5057 as it looked roughly 273 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 5056Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5074Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5065Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4952Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5074Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5065Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4952Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular18 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).