NGC 5441
NGC 5441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
617 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 617 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5441 as it looked roughly 617 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 5274Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 5275Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 5282Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 4356Lenticular90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5275Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 4398Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 4300Elliptical81 million ly
apartNGC 5282Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 4356Lenticular90 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).