NGC 5549
NGC 5549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5549 as it looked roughly 357 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 5552Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5542Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5542Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral12 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).