NGC 5290
NGC 5290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5290 as it looked roughly 119 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 5289Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5313Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.0 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).