NGC 5196
NGC 5196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5196 as it looked roughly 301 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 5202Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5197Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5197Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular19 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).