NGC 5421 NED01
NGC 5421 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5421 NED01 as it looked roughly 369 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 5421 NED02Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 4371Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4371Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular29 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).