NGC 5468
NGC 5468
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5468 as it looked roughly 133 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 5472Spiral390,000 ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5369Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5476Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5427Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5369Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5476Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral9.9 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).