NGC 5543
NGC 5543
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5543 as it looked roughly 334 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 5538Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5546Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5563Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5528Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5546Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5563Elliptical11 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).