NGC 5576
NGC 5576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5576 as it looked roughly 71 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 5577Barred spiral960,000 ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5566Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.5 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).