NGC 5203
NGC 5203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5203 as it looked roughly 315 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 5241Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 899Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 908Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 899Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 908Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical28 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).