NGC 5383
NGC 5383
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5383 as it looked roughly 114 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 5350Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5289Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5358Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5289Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral5.8 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).