NGC 5454
NGC 5454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5454 as it looked roughly 354 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
IC 979Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5550Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4337Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5456Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED02Spiral28 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).