NGC 5353
NGC 5353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5353 as it looked roughly 106 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 5354Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5362Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5355Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5362Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular6.4 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).