NGC 5426
NGC 5426
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5426 as it looked roughly 123 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 5476Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5343Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5427Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5343Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5534Spiral8.2 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).