NGC 5121
NGC 5121
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5121 as it looked roughly 68 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 5121ASpiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4980Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4976Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5398Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4945ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4980Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4976Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5398Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4945ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral16 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).