NGC 5324
NGC 5324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5324 as it looked roughly 142 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 5369Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5468Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 971Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5468Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 971Spiral18 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).