NGC 5448
NGC 5448
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5448 as it looked roughly 94 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 5425Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5481Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral7.8 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).