NGC 5292
NGC 5292
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5292 as it looked roughly 206 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 5291Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5298Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5298Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 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).