NGC 5362
NGC 5362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5362 as it looked roughly 102 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 5337Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5353Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5354Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5353Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5354Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5336Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5355Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular9.6 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).