NGC 5413
NGC 5413
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5413 as it looked roughly 448 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 5479Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5314Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular51 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical57 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).