NGC 5153
NGC 5153
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5153 as it looked roughly 201 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 5152Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4248Spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4275Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4248Spiral8.4 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).