NGC 5488
NGC 5488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5488 as it looked roughly 210 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
IC 4366Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5419Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5397Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5419Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5397Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical19 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).