NGC 5412
NGC 5412
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5412 as it looked roughly 332 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 5808Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5836Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5607Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5912Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5836Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5607Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5912Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral34 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).