NGC 5319
NGC 5319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
705 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 705 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5319 as it looked roughly 705 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 4356Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 4239Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 4266Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 5274Elliptical99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4239Lenticular80 million ly
apartIC 4266Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral93 million ly
apartNGC 5274Elliptical99 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).