NGC 5076
NGC 5076
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5076 as it looked roughly 139 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 5105Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4221Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral7.9 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).