NGC 5256 NED02
NGC 5256 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5256 NED02 as it looked roughly 383 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 NED01Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5123Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5214Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5029Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5123Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5201Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5214Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral43 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).