NGC 5177
NGC 5177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5177 as it looked roughly 301 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 5191Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5178Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5178Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical20 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).