NGC 5431
NGC 5431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5431 as it looked roughly 280 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 5424Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 5423Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5423Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5411Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5409Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5416Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5491Barred spiral18 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).