NGC 5470
NGC 5470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5470 as it looked roughly 48 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 5363Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5360Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5360Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral11 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).