NGC 5149
NGC 5149
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5149 as it looked roughly 261 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 5154Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5143Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5141Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5143Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5141Lenticular17 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).