NGC 5141
NGC 5141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5141 as it looked roughly 244 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 5142Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5154Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5154Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4225Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4226Lenticular22 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).