NGC 5233
NGC 5233
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5233 as it looked roughly 369 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 5228Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4302Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4306Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular27 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).