NGC 5308
NGC 5308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5308 as it looked roughly 94 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 5376Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5342Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5109Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5526Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5342Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5109Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral9.3 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).