NGC 5346
NGC 5346
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5346 as it looked roughly 117 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 4336Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5326Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular4.5 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).