NGC 5363
NGC 5363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5363 as it looked roughly 53 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 5360Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5300Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5470Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5147Spiral7.5 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).