NGC 5081
NGC 5081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5081 as it looked roughly 308 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 5052Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5032Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4983Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5032Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4983Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral19 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).