NGC 5297
NGC 5297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5297 as it looked roughly 116 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 5289Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5290Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral8.1 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).