NGC 5162
NGC 5162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
273k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5162 as it looked roughly 317 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 5171Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5165Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral16 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).