NGC 5152
NGC 5152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5152 as it looked roughly 205 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 4251Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5048Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4275Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5048Elliptical10 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).