NGC 5180
NGC 5180
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5180 as it looked roughly 313 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 5158Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 894Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 881Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 894Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 881Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED02Spiral19 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).