NGC 5209
NGC 5209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5209 as it looked roughly 327 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 5239Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5210Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral14 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).