NGC 5305
NGC 5305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5305 as it looked roughly 265 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 5349Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5361Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5267Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5361Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5265Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5267Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5276Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5407Elliptical18 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).