NGC 5097
NGC 5097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5097 as it looked roughly 112 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 4177Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5254Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5038Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5046Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4997Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5254Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5038Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5046Elliptical11 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).