NGC 5227
NGC 5227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5227 as it looked roughly 244 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 5104Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4224Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4996Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5387Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5384Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4224Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 4996Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5387Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5384Lenticular33 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).