NGC 5377
NGC 5377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5377 as it looked roughly 83 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 5439Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 902Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5500Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 902Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral12 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).