NGC 5084
NGC 5084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
232k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5084 as it looked roughly 80 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 5134Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5087Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral12 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).