NGC 5411
NGC 5411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5411 as it looked roughly 275 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 5423Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5424Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral16 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).