NGC 5445
NGC 5445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5445 as it looked roughly 181 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 5401Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5444Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5614Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5440Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5444Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5614Spiral13 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).