NGC 5526
NGC 5526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5526 as it looked roughly 94 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 5631Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5376Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5678Spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5667Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5376Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5678Spiral6.6 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).