NGC 5243
NGC 5243
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5243 as it looked roughly 193 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 5312Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5444Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5318Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5444Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular24 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).