NGC 5118
NGC 5118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5118 as it looked roughly 323 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 872Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5027Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5209Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5027Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical17 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).