NGC 5354
NGC 5354
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5354 as it looked roughly 108 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 5353Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5355Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral5.7 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).