NGC 5255
NGC 5255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5255 as it looked roughly 323 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 5164Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 5279Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5278Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 4932Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 853Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 5279Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5278Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 4932Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral49 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).