NGC 5356
NGC 5356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5356 as it looked roughly 64 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 5348Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5334Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5360Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5364Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5334Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5360Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral9.8 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).