NGC 5094
NGC 5094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5094 as it looked roughly 292 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
IC 4220Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5028Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5028Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular27 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).