NGC 5577
NGC 5577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5577 as it looked roughly 70 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 5576Elliptical960,000 ly
apartNGC 5566Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5566Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.9 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).