NGC 5091
NGC 5091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5091 as it looked roughly 174 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 5082Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5090Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5090ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5090Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular19 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).