NGC 5060
NGC 5060
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5060 as it looked roughly 291 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
IC 873Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 871Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 876Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 871Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 876Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular16 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).