NGC 5026
NGC 5026
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5026 as it looked roughly 154 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 5090Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4909Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical11 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).