NGC 5361
NGC 5361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5361 as it looked roughly 262 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 5349Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5305Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral19 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).