NGC 5207
NGC 5207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5207 as it looked roughly 356 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 5181Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5167Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular20 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).