NGC 5108
NGC 5108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5108 as it looked roughly 404 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
IC 4292Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4276Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4318Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4270Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4276Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4318Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4270Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular76 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).