NGC 5443
NGC 5443
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5443 as it looked roughly 84 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 5422Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5485Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5475Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5379Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5372Elliptical6.9 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).