NGC 5591 NED02
NGC 5591 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
361 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 361 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5591 NED02 as it looked roughly 361 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 5591 NED01Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5644Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 979Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1009Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5644Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 979Barred spiral21 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).