NGC 5011
NGC 5011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5011 as it looked roughly 143 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 5011ASpiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4946Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5064Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4946Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5064Barred spiral13 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).