NGC 5062
NGC 5062
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5062 as it looked roughly 153 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 5063Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193ALenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral20 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).