NGC 5486
NGC 5486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5486 as it looked roughly 64 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 5301Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 902Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5103Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 902Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5103Lenticular16 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).