NGC 5080
NGC 5080
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5080 as it looked roughly 301 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 5075Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5060Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5177Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 873Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5060Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5019Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5177Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 873Lenticular23 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).