NGC 5274
NGC 5274
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
619 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 619 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5274 as it looked roughly 619 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 5275Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5282Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 4239Lenticular73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5282Elliptical54 million ly
apartNGC 5277Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 4239Lenticular73 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).