NGC 5225
NGC 5225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5225 as it looked roughly 216 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 907Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5250Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4987Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 951Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5250Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4987Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5368Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 951Spiral29 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).