NGC 5181
NGC 5181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5181 as it looked roughly 349 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 5167Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5185Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular14 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).