NGC 5600
NGC 5600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5600 as it looked roughly 106 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 5587Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5666Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5666Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral25 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).