NGC 5392
NGC 5392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5392 as it looked roughly 342 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 5400Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular22 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).