NGC 5035
NGC 5035
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5035 as it looked roughly 102 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 5046Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5038Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5097Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5038Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5097Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral13 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).