NGC 5497
NGC 5497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5497 as it looked roughly 359 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 5515Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5541Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 990Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5541Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 990Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5625 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral24 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).