NGC 5074
NGC 5074
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5074 as it looked roughly 261 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 5065Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5056Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5056Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5057Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral14 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).