NGC 5534
NGC 5534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5534 as it looked roughly 123 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 5476Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4407Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5604Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4407Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5604Spiral11 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).