NGC 5287
NGC 5287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
865 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 865 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5287 as it looked roughly 865 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 5259 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 961Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4369Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 961Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4369Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 956 NED01Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical160 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).