NGC 5500
NGC 5500
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5500 as it looked roughly 89 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 5520Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5624Irregular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5377Spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5480Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5439Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5624Irregular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5377Spiral7.1 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).