NGC 5406
NGC 5406
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5406 as it looked roughly 247 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 5407Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5361Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5361Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral21 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).