NGC 5376
NGC 5376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5376 as it looked roughly 96 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 5308Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5342Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5526Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5342Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular8.5 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).