NGC 5266A
NGC 5266A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5266A as it looked roughly 134 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 5266Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5156Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5064Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5333Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5156Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5064Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral15 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).