NGC 5546
NGC 5546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5546 as it looked roughly 344 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 5528Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5519Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED02Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5514 NED01Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral7.7 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).