NGC 5512
NGC 5512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5512 as it looked roughly 202 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 4403Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5433Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4357Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5433Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4357Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral15 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).