NGC 5158
NGC 5158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5158 as it looked roughly 307 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 5180Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartIC 894Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 894Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 870Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 868Elliptical21 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).