NGC 5557
NGC 5557
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5557 as it looked roughly 150 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 5596Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5545Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral9.1 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).