NGC 5521
NGC 5521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5521 as it looked roughly 269 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 5491Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5387Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5411Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5387Barred spiral33 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).