NGC 5502
NGC 5502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5502 as it looked roughly 411 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 5807Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 5413Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 5007Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 852Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1099Spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5413Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 5007Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 852Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 1099Spiral61 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).