NGC 5351
NGC 5351
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5351 as it looked roughly 173 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 5341Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5410Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5401Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5410Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral12 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).