NGC 5193A
NGC 5193A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5193A as it looked roughly 164 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 5114Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 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).