NGC 5601
NGC 5601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5601 as it looked roughly 244 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 5598Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1028Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5406Barred spiral20 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).