NGC 5164
NGC 5164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5164 as it looked roughly 335 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 5255Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5279Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5278Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 4932Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 853Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5279Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5278Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 4932Spiral37 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).