NGC 5397
NGC 5397
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5397 as it looked roughly 192 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 5419Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral18 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).