NGC 5333
NGC 5333
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5333 as it looked roughly 129 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 5266ABarred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5266Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5244Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5156Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5266Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5244Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5156Barred spiral15 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).