NGC 5085
NGC 5085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5085 as it looked roughly 96 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 5061Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 879Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 879Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral10 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).