NGC 5095
NGC 5095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5095 as it looked roughly 270 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 4218Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4224Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4224Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral22 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).