NGC 5065
NGC 5065
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5065 as it looked roughly 259 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 5074Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5056Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5056Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular14 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).