NGC 5230
NGC 5230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5230 as it looked roughly 320 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 5222 NED02Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5222 NED01Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5221Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5129Elliptical16 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).