NGC 5504
NGC 5504
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5504 as it looked roughly 241 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 5504BBarred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 984Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5459Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5504CSpiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 984Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5459Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral15 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).