NGC 5280
NGC 5280
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
508 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 508 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5280 as it looked roughly 508 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 5271Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5251Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4258Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4250Spiral46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5251Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4258Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 4250Spiral46 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).