NGC 5463
NGC 5463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5463 as it looked roughly 334 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 5482Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5438Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5437Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5438Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical14 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).