NGC 5309
NGC 5309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
551 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 551 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5309 as it looked roughly 551 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 4354Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4360Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4372Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 4368Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 5555Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4360Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4372Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 4368Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 5555Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral110 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).