NGC 5087
NGC 5087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5087 as it looked roughly 85 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 5134Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5084Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4249Spiral12 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).