NGC 5106
NGC 5106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
461 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 461 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5106 as it looked roughly 461 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 5100 NED01Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 845Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 840Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral83 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 845Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 840Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral75 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral80 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral83 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).