NGC 5216
NGC 5216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5216 as it looked roughly 136 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 5218Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5283Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5370Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5283Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral13 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).