NGC 5320
NGC 5320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5320 as it looked roughly 123 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 5311Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5290Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral5.2 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).