NGC 5401
NGC 5401
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5401 as it looked roughly 176 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 5440Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5351Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral11 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).