NGC 5562
NGC 5562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5562 as it looked roughly 426 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 5537Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1035Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 1040Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral49 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).