NGC 5293
NGC 5293
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5293 as it looked roughly 270 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 5490CBarred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 982Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 982Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 983Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 960BLenticular36 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).