NGC 5402
NGC 5402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5402 as it looked roughly 141 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 5430Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5370Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 996Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 995Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5218Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5370Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 996Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 995Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5216Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5218Barred spiral12 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).