NGC 5109
NGC 5109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5109 as it looked roughly 99 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 5376Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5342Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5308Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5342Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5308Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral13 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).