NGC 5114
NGC 5114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5114 as it looked roughly 167 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 4219Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical14 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).