NGC 5533
NGC 5533
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5533 as it looked roughly 179 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 5614Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5579Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5615Galaxy8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5440Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5579Spiral12 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).