NGC 5347
NGC 5347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5347 as it looked roughly 110 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 4341Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5375Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5240Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5354Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5375Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5240Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5354Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular13 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).