NGC 5304
NGC 5304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5304 as it looked roughly 173 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
IC 4325Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5302Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5302Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular16 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).