NGC 5202
NGC 5202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5202 as it looked roughly 300 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 5196Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5197Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5197Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 892Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 893Spiral18 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).