NGC 5185
NGC 5185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5185 as it looked roughly 345 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 5181Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5167Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral12 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).