NGC 5327
NGC 5327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5327 as it looked roughly 203 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 947Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5183Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5184Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5183Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5184Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular27 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).