NGC 5370
NGC 5370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5370 as it looked roughly 142 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 5402Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5430Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5218Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 996Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 995Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5430Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5218Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 996Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 995Spiral11 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).