NGC 5532
NGC 5532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
235k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5532 as it looked roughly 345 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
IC 994Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 993Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular18 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).