NGC 5282
NGC 5282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
564 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 564 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5282 as it looked roughly 564 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 5277Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5275Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 5274Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4334Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5275Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 5274Elliptical54 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).