NGC 5355
NGC 5355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5355 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
NGC 5354Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5358Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5353Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5358Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5353Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5383Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral5.5 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).