NGC 5265
NGC 5265
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5265 as it looked roughly 267 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 5305Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5267Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5154Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5267Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5154Spiral15 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).