NGC 5006
NGC 5006
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5006 as it looked roughly 130 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 5018Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 4237Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5049Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 4237Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral9.4 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).