NGC 5405
NGC 5405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5405 as it looked roughly 321 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 5438Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5437Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5436Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5482Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5463Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral21 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).