NGC 5283
NGC 5283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5283 as it looked roughly 134 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 5218Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5144 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5216Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5144 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 836Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular19 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).