NGC 5329
NGC 5329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5329 as it looked roughly 331 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 939Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 940Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5257Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 940Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5270Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5257Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral24 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).