NGC 5151
NGC 5151
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5151 as it looked roughly 384 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 5217Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 897Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED01Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED02Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 897Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED01Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 4969 NED02Elliptical38 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).