NGC 5231
NGC 5231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5231 as it looked roughly 304 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 896Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5159Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5258Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5159Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 904Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 891Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5258Barred spiral18 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).