NGC 5013
NGC 5013
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5013 as it looked roughly 386 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 4734Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 5212Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 855Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 872Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 5027Barred spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 4992Barred spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5212Spiral54 million ly
apartIC 855Galaxy56 million ly
apartIC 872Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 5027Barred spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 4992Barred spiral65 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).