NGC 5197
NGC 5197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5197 as it looked roughly 298 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 5202Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5196Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5196Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral16 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).