NGC 5444
NGC 5444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5444 as it looked roughly 190 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 5445Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5533Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular15 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).