NGC 5047
NGC 5047
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
245k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5047 as it looked roughly 295 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 5094Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5028Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4862Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4220Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5028Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4862Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical33 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).