NGC 5380
NGC 5380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5380 as it looked roughly 145 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 5378Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5403Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5596Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5545Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5403Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5596Lenticular13 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).