NGC 5257
NGC 5257
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5257 as it looked roughly 317 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 5258Barred spiral570,000 ly
apartIC 904Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5231Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 904Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5231Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5148Barred spiral20 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).