NGC 5215B
NGC 5215B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5215B as it looked roughly 187 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 4299Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5220Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5220Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical14 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).