NGC 5226
NGC 5226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5226 as it looked roughly 341 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 5185Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5181Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5137Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5132Lenticular16 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).