NGC 5584
NGC 5584
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5584 as it looked roughly 77 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 5574Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 978Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5638Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 978Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5496Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral6.5 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).