NGC 5336
NGC 5336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5336 as it looked roughly 109 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 5296Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5354Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5353Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5354Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5353Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral6.9 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).