NGC 5568
NGC 5568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5568 as it looked roughly 394 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 5567Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5499Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5613Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5499Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral16 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).