NGC 5088
NGC 5088
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5088 as it looked roughly 67 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 5099Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 4212Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4958Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 4212Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral8.3 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).