NGC 5545
NGC 5545
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5545 as it looked roughly 145 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 5544Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5596Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5596Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5380Elliptical11 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).