NGC 5407
NGC 5407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5407 as it looked roughly 251 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 5406Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5361Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5361Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5349Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5305Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral20 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).