NGC 5224
NGC 5224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5224 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 5210Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5208Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5235Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular12 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).