NGC 5105
NGC 5105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5105 as it looked roughly 136 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 5119Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5076Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 4221Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4216Spiral7.0 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).