NGC 5321
NGC 5321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5321 as it looked roughly 216 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 4357Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5433Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5166Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5512Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5433Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5166Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5512Elliptical24 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).