NGC 5262
NGC 5262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5262 as it looked roughly 424 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 4954Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 945Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral43 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).