NGC 5212
NGC 5212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5212 as it looked roughly 353 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 5209Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5239Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5179Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral33 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).