NGC 5170
NGC 5170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5170 as it looked roughly 71 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 5247Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5088Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5088Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5042Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5084Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5134Spiral12 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).