NGC 5275
NGC 5275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
597 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 597 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5275 as it looked roughly 597 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 5274Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5282Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5282Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral72 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).