NGC 5341
NGC 5341
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5341 as it looked roughly 170 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 5351Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5410Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5401Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5410Spiral11 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).