NGC 5569
NGC 5569
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5569 as it looked roughly 83 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 5560Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartIC 1022Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1022Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5574Elliptical7.7 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).