NGC 5176
NGC 5176
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5176 as it looked roughly 327 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 5165Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5171Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral14 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).