Galaxy · Lenticular
NGC 5262
NGC 5262 is a galaxy in the direction of the constellation Ursa Minor, 427.8 million light-years away.
| Type | Lenticular |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Distance | 427.8 million light-years (131.16 Mpc) |
| Diameter | 177,800 light-years · 2 × the Milky Way |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −21.97 |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.62 |
| Luminosity | 2.7 × the Milky Way |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 35m 38.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +75° 02′ 22″ |
| Source | 2MASS Redshift Survey (Huchra et al. 2012) |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.62. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 15° S. North of latitude 15° N it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 428 million years ago. At that time complex animals were spreading through the seas and over the land; there were no dinosaurs yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7,588.6 billion years.