NGC 5156
NGC 5156
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5156 as it looked roughly 140 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 5064Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5266Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5266Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5011ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5011Elliptical16 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).