NGC 5166
NGC 5166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5166 as it looked roughly 216 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 5127Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5321Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5263Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5321Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5263Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular24 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).