NGC 5579
NGC 5579
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5579 as it looked roughly 167 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 5588Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5672Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5623Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5399Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5672Barred spiral13 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).