NGC 5487
NGC 5487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5487 as it looked roughly 339 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 5469Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5511Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral9.9 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).