NGC 5246
NGC 5246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5246 as it looked roughly 322 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 5245Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 940Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5252Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 940Lenticular16 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).