NGC 5303
NGC 5303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5303 as it looked roughly 64 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 5582Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5103Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5103Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular13 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).