NGC 5409
NGC 5409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5409 as it looked roughly 290 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 5416Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5431Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 962Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical15 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).