NGC 5115
NGC 5115
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5115 as it looked roughly 339 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 5132Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5137Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical16 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).