NGC 5387
NGC 5387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5387 as it looked roughly 243 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 5384Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5417Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5434Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5459Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5417Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 952Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5434Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 5459Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5335Barred spiral31 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).