NGC 5188
NGC 5188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5188 as it looked roughly 110 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 5161Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4214Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4323Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4214Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4303Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4323Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral15 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).