NGC 5410
NGC 5410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5410 as it looked roughly 174 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 5351Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5325Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5341Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5325Spiral18 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).