NGC 5214
NGC 5214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5214 as it looked roughly 381 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 5123Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4985Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4165Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4193Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4985Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4165Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4193Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral40 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).