NGC 5374
NGC 5374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5374 as it looked roughly 202 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 5382Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5386Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral19 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).