NGC 5276
NGC 5276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5276 as it looked roughly 253 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 5265Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5154Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5154Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5142Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5149Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral17 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).