NGC 5561
NGC 5561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
555 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 555 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5561 as it looked roughly 555 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 5540Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 5779Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1065Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 1069Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 1027Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 919Lenticular82 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5779Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1065Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 1069Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 1027Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 919Lenticular82 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).