NGC 5122
NGC 5122
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5122 as it looked roughly 135 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 5119Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4216Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular7.3 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).