NGC 5218
NGC 5218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5218 as it looked roughly 135 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 5216Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5283Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5370Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5283Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5402Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral14 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).