NGC 5217
NGC 5217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5217 as it looked roughly 375 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 5151Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5249Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 897Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5249Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 897Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 910Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical39 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).