NGC 5190
NGC 5190
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5190 as it looked roughly 197 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 5172Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 856Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 860Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4215Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 967Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 856Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 860Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4215Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 967Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 987Barred spiral34 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).