NGC 5077
NGC 5077
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5077 as it looked roughly 126 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 5073Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5079Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5066Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral8.6 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).