NGC 5192
NGC 5192
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
503 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 503 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5192 as it looked roughly 503 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 5331 NED01Spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular75 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 5106Barred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5373Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 4918Lenticular75 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral77 million ly
apartNGC 5106Barred spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5373Elliptical100 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).