NGC 5422
NGC 5422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5422 as it looked roughly 85 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 5443Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5485Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular7.3 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).