NGC 5507
NGC 5507
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5507 as it looked roughly 92 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 5506Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5705Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5569Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5713Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5691Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5705Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5569Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5713Spiral15 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).