NGC 5079
NGC 5079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5079 as it looked roughly 133 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 5119Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5105Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral6.0 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).