NGC 5469
NGC 5469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5469 as it looked roughly 335 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 5487Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5543Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5482Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5543Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular10 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).