NGC 5311
NGC 5311
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5311 as it looked roughly 125 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 5320Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5313Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral7.3 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).