NGC 5261
NGC 5261
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5261 as it looked roughly 324 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 5252Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5246Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5239Barred spiral14 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).