NGC 5484
NGC 5484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5484 as it looked roughly 95 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 5473Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5526Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5294Irregular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical7.4 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).