NGC 5143
NGC 5143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5143 as it looked roughly 272 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 5149Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5154Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5267Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5154Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5267Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral24 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).