NGC 5241
NGC 5241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5241 as it looked roughly 311 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 899Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5203Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 908Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5203Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5232Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 908Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5133Elliptical31 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).