NGC 5475
NGC 5475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5475 as it looked roughly 78 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 5372Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5422Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5322Elliptical9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5443Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5422Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5322Elliptical9.7 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).