NGC 5371
NGC 5371
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5371 as it looked roughly 119 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 4336Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5313Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5326Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral4.8 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).