NGC 5178
NGC 5178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5178 as it looked roughly 291 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 5177Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5191Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5080Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5075Elliptical27 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).