NGC 5193
NGC 5193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5193 as it looked roughly 174 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
IC 4296Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5215ALenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral10 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).