NGC 5127
NGC 5127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5127 as it looked roughly 226 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 5166Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5263Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4908Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5263Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4908Elliptical25 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).