NGC 5132
NGC 5132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5132 as it looked roughly 338 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 5137Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5115Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5115Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical16 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).