NGC 5567
NGC 5567
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5567 as it looked roughly 396 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 5568Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5499Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5613Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5499Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral15 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).