NGC 5357
NGC 5357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5357 as it looked roughly 228 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 5330Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4321Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral17 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).