NGC 5364
NGC 5364
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5364 as it looked roughly 58 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 5360Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5300Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5363Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5356Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5334Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5300Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5363Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5356Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5248Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5334Spiral9.1 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).