NGC 5580
NGC 5580
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5580 as it looked roughly 154 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 5588Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5596Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5557Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5596Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral9.5 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).