NGC 5279
NGC 5279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5279 as it looked roughly 358 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 5278Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5164Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5255Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5164Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5255Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4977Barred spiral43 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).