NGC 5147
NGC 5147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5147 as it looked roughly 51 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 5300Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4845Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5363Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4904Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4772Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4845Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5363Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4904Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4772Spiral7.8 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).