NGC 5520
NGC 5520
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5520 as it looked roughly 87 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 5480Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5624Irregular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5377Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5500Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5624Irregular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5377Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.4 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).