NGC 5481
NGC 5481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5481 as it looked roughly 97 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 5448Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5425Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5425Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral7.6 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).