NGC 5208
NGC 5208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5208 as it looked roughly 317 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 5210Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5224Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5118Spiral15 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).