NGC 5400
NGC 5400
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5400 as it looked roughly 347 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 5392Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 968 NED02Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5345Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 969Lenticular18 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).