NGC 5145
NGC 5145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5145 as it looked roughly 57 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 5103Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 4171Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5303Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4171Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4178Irregular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5303Barred spiral10 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).