NGC 5172
NGC 5172
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5172 as it looked roughly 188 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 5190Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 967Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 860Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4215Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 967Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 860Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4215Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral36 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).