NGC 5256 NED01
NGC 5256 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5256 NED01 as it looked roughly 399 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 5256 NED02Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5123Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5029Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5123Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral42 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).