NGC 5424
NGC 5424
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5424 as it looked roughly 278 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 5431Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5423Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral18 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).