NGC 5342
NGC 5342
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5342 as it looked roughly 103 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 5376Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5109Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5308Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5109Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5308Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular14 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).