NGC 5191
NGC 5191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5191 as it looked roughly 304 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 5177Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5162Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5178Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5162Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5178Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical17 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).