NGC 5491
NGC 5491
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5491 as it looked roughly 274 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 5521Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5411Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral25 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).