NGC 5251
NGC 5251
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
511 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 511 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5251 as it looked roughly 511 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 4307Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4258Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4250Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4234Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4258Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4250Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4234Spiral41 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).