NGC 5552
NGC 5552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5552 as it looked roughly 358 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 5549Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5542Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5551Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5542Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5554Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5551Elliptical11 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).