NGC 5126
NGC 5126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5126 as it looked roughly 215 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 4251Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5051Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5152Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5051Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral13 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).