NGC 5234
NGC 5234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5234 as it looked roughly 173 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 4312Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 4311Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4785Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4311Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4785Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular23 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).