NGC 5134
NGC 5134
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5134 as it looked roughly 82 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 5084Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5087Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5054Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5037Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5101Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5170Spiral12 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).