NGC 5335
NGC 5335
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5335 as it looked roughly 216 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 952Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 947Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 947Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral20 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).