NGC 5437
NGC 5437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5437 as it looked roughly 327 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 5438Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5405Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5463Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5405Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular15 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).