NGC 5427
NGC 5427
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5427 as it looked roughly 127 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 5426Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5476Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5468Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5476Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5468Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5339Spiral6.9 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).