NGC 5090
NGC 5090
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5090 as it looked roughly 157 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 5026Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4835ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5090ALenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4835ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral14 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).