NGC 5414
NGC 5414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5414 as it looked roughly 197 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 5386Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5505Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5382Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5505Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5418Barred spiral17 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).