NGC 5340
NGC 5340
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
503 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 503 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5340 as it looked roughly 503 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 5314Spiral59 million ly
apartNGC 5547Galaxy70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral83 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5547Galaxy70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral83 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).