NGC 5523
NGC 5523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5523 as it looked roughly 49 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 5273Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1014Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5002Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1014Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral17 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).