NGC 5566
NGC 5566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5566 as it looked roughly 72 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 5576Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5577Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.4 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).