NGC 5063
NGC 5063
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5063 as it looked roughly 147 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 5062Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 844Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4936Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 844Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular20 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).