NGC 5083
NGC 5083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5083 as it looked roughly 331 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 5093Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4963Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4158Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4963Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4158Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral29 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).