NGC 5560
NGC 5560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5560 as it looked roughly 82 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 5569Spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 1022Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1022Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral7.2 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).