NGC 5403
NGC 5403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5403 as it looked roughly 134 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 5378Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5311Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5529Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5311Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral14 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).