NGC 5161
NGC 5161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5161 as it looked roughly 112 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 5188Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4214Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4323Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4214Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4323Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral12 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).