NGC 5372
NGC 5372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5372 as it looked roughly 79 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 5379Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5322Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5205Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5475Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5322Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5205Barred spiral7.3 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).