NGC 5173
NGC 5173
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5173 as it looked roughly 119 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 5198Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5169Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5289Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5169Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5289Spiral12 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).