NGC 5554
NGC 5554
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5554 as it looked roughly 350 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 5573Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5549Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5552Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5546Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5575Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5549Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5552Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5546Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5519Barred spiral8.7 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).