NGC 5119
NGC 5119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5119 as it looked roughly 134 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 5079Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5105Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral6.5 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).