NGC 5527
NGC 5527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5527 as it looked roughly 383 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 5517Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5499Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5499Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral18 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).