NGC 5369
NGC 5369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5369 as it looked roughly 139 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 5324Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5468Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5468Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral16 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).