NGC 5223
NGC 5223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
209k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5223 as it looked roughly 336 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 5199Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4301Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral15 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).