NGC 5064
NGC 5064
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5064 as it looked roughly 141 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 5156Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5266Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4946Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5266Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4946Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical13 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).