NGC 5157
NGC 5157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5157 as it looked roughly 341 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 5187Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4242Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4242Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral16 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).