NGC 5146
NGC 5146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
198k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5146 as it looked roughly 315 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 5070Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4217Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5203Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5028Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5241Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4217Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5203Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5028Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5241Barred spiral26 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).