NGC 5278
NGC 5278
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5278 as it looked roughly 363 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 5279Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5164Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5255Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5164Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 5255Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral45 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).