NGC 5171
NGC 5171
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5171 as it looked roughly 319 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 5165Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5162Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5230Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical14 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).