NGC 5574
NGC 5574
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5574 as it looked roughly 75 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 5566Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5584Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5636Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5576Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5584Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral5.5 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).