NGC 5130
NGC 5130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5130 as it looked roughly 274 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 5110Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4235Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4235Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral30 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).