NGC 5263
NGC 5263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5263 as it looked roughly 227 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 5127Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5321Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4357Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5433Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5166Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5321Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4357Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5433Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular34 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).