NGC 5493
NGC 5493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5493 as it looked roughly 124 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 5476Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4407Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5426Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4407Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.8 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).