NGC 5136
NGC 5136
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5136 as it looked roughly 309 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 5129Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5177Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5177Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5191Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral18 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).