NGC 5271
NGC 5271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
517 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 517 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5271 as it looked roughly 517 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 5280Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5251Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4258Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5251Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4258Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral38 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).