NGC 5187
NGC 5187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5187 as it looked roughly 334 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
IC 4242Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4227Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5157Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5131Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4227Barred spiral18 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).