NGC 5082
NGC 5082
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5082 as it looked roughly 182 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 5091Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5090BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5234Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5090BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5234Lenticular23 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).