NGC 5210
NGC 5210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5210 as it looked roughly 319 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 5208Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5224Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral13 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).