NGC 5418
NGC 5418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5418 as it looked roughly 212 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 5434Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5417Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5374Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5417Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 966Lenticular16 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).