NGC 5478
NGC 5478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5478 as it looked roughly 349 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 5400Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5392Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 986Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5501Lenticular20 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).