NGC 5277
NGC 5277
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
555 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 555 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5277 as it looked roughly 555 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 5282Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5275Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4334Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5275Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical47 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).