NGC 5536
NGC 5536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5536 as it looked roughly 272 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 5603Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5361Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5598Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5361Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral28 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).