NGC 5440
NGC 5440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5440 as it looked roughly 174 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 5399Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5401Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral12 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).