NGC 5434
NGC 5434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5434 as it looked roughly 216 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 5418Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5417Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5417Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5414Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5374Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5382Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5386Lenticular20 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).