NGC 5379
NGC 5379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5379 as it looked roughly 82 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 5322Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5205Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5389Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5205Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral7.1 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).