NGC 5150
NGC 5150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5150 as it looked roughly 185 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 5135Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4248Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5124Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4248Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5124Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical14 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).