NGC 5348
NGC 5348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5348 as it looked roughly 67 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 spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5334Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5334Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5364Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral9.4 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).