NGC 5235
NGC 5235
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5235 as it looked roughly 307 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 896Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5231Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5224Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5231Barred spiral19 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).