NGC 5169
NGC 5169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5169 as it looked roughly 116 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 5198Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5173Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5173Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred 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).