NGC 5054
NGC 5054
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5054 as it looked roughly 82 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 5087Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5037Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral13 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).