NGC 5103
NGC 5103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5103 as it looked roughly 59 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 5145Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5303Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4171Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5303Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral12 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).