NGC 5538
NGC 5538
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5538 as it looked roughly 327 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 5563Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5543Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5543Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular16 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).