NGC 5291
NGC 5291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5291 as it looked roughly 205 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 5298Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5292Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 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).