NGC 5078
NGC 5078
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5078 as it looked roughly 100 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 879Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5061Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5061Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral8.0 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).