NGC 5490
NGC 5490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5490 as it looked roughly 232 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
IC 984Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5513Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5518Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5513Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5518Elliptical17 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).