NGC 5137
NGC 5137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
340 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 340 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5137 as it looked roughly 340 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 5132Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5115Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5115Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical15 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).