NGC 5476
NGC 5476
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5476 as it looked roughly 124 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 5426Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5343Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5493Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5343Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.6 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).