NGC 5334
NGC 5334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5334 as it looked roughly 64 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 5356Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5348Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 976Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5348Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 976Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral11 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).