NGC 5485
NGC 5485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5485 as it looked roughly 89 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 5473Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5422Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5422Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical6.2 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).