NGC 5140
NGC 5140
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5140 as it looked roughly 180 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 5215ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular9.1 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred 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).