NGC 5228
NGC 5228
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5228 as it looked roughly 360 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 5233Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4302Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical24 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).