NGC 5249
NGC 5249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
361 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 361 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5249 as it looked roughly 361 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 5207Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5217Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5217Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5181Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5226Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5185Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5167Barred spiral28 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).