NGC 5349
NGC 5349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5349 as it looked roughly 263 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 5361Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5305Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral17 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).