NGC 5248
NGC 5248
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
10.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5248 as it looked roughly 54 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 5300Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5363Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5360Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5363Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5360Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral9.1 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).