NGC 5015
NGC 5015
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5015 as it looked roughly 148 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
Cocoon GalaxyLenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4989Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4915Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4989Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4915Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular15 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).