NGC 5215A
NGC 5215A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5215A as it looked roughly 178 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
IC 4296Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical13 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).