NGC 5323
NGC 5323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5323 as it looked roughly 93 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 5452Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4572Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4589Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4572Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral14 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).