NGC 5490C
NGC 5490C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5490C as it looked roughly 263 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 982Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 1000Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 999Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5628Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 983Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 1000Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 999Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5628Elliptical20 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).