NGC 5254
NGC 5254
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5254 as it looked roughly 108 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 5097Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5038Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5046Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5038Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5046Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4997Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral17 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).