NGC 5378
NGC 5378
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5378 as it looked roughly 139 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 5403Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5311Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5380Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5311Lenticular16 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).