NGC 5556
NGC 5556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5556 as it looked roughly 65 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 5398Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5510Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5247Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5121Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5530Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5510Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5247Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5121Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5530Spiral17 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).