NGC 5270
NGC 5270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5270 as it looked roughly 329 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 5261Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5246Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 939Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 940Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5246Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 939Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5245Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 940Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5252Lenticular9.9 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).