NGC 5165
NGC 5165
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5165 as it looked roughly 321 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 5171Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5162Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical16 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).