NGC 5529
NGC 5529
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
226k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5529 as it looked roughly 134 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 5544Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5403Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5378Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5403Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5378Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral14 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).