NGC 5205
NGC 5205
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5205 as it looked roughly 81 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 5322Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5379Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral12 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).