NGC 5110
NGC 5110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5110 as it looked roughly 259 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 4235Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4836Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5130Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4836Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical33 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).