NGC 5328
NGC 5328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5328 as it looked roughly 221 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 5330Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral13 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).