NGC 5101
NGC 5101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5101 as it looked roughly 87 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 4249Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 879Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5061Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 879Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5061Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular11 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).