NGC 5421 NED02
NGC 5421 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5421 NED02 as it looked roughly 372 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 NED01Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4371Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4371Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular27 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).