NGC 5075
NGC 5075
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5075 as it looked roughly 303 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 5080Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 873Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 871Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5060Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 873Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 871Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral22 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).