NGC 5179
NGC 5179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5179 as it looked roughly 337 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 5176Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5167Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular16 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).