NGC 5366
NGC 5366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5366 as it looked roughly 415 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
IC 977Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 985Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 988Lenticular56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 985Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 981Galaxy40 million ly
apartIC 943Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5331 NED02Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 988Lenticular56 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).