NGC 5517
NGC 5517
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5517 as it looked roughly 390 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 5499Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5527Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular18 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).