NGC 5425
NGC 5425
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5425 as it looked roughly 96 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 5448Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5481Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral9.1 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).