NGC 5423
NGC 5423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5423 as it looked roughly 275 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 5411Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5424Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5424Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5431Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred 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).