NGC 5501
NGC 5501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5501 as it looked roughly 352 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
IC 986Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 989Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1010Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 989Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 992Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1010Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1011Spiral25 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).