NGC 5365
NGC 5365
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5365 as it looked roughly 114 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 5365BSpiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5244Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4390Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5188Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5244Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4390Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5188Barred spiral21 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).