NGC 5244
NGC 5244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5244 as it looked roughly 118 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 5365BSpiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5365Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5365Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5266ABarred spiral17 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).