NGC 5163
NGC 5163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5163 as it looked roughly 417 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 5201Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5001Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral26 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).