NGC 5129
NGC 5129
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5129 as it looked roughly 321 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 882Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5136Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 881Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral15 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).