NGC 5014
NGC 5014
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5014 as it looked roughly 52 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 5002Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular3.6 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5273Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4369Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4178Irregular3.6 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5273Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4369Barred spiral9.1 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).