NGC 5482
NGC 5482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5482 as it looked roughly 331 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 5463Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5469Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5438Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5469Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5437Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5487Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5438Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5511Elliptical13 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).