NGC 5394
NGC 5394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5394 as it looked roughly 161 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 5395Spiral770,000 ly
apartNGC 5325Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5325Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral14 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).