NGC 5131
NGC 5131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5131 as it looked roughly 319 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 4256Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4238Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4227Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4242Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5052Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5187Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4238Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 4227Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4242Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5052Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5187Barred spiral17 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).