NGC 5154
NGC 5154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5154 as it looked roughly 259 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 spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5143Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5141Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5142Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5143Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5141Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral16 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).