NGC 5034
NGC 5034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
405 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 405 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5034 as it looked roughly 405 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 4857Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 954Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular44 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).