NGC 5582
NGC 5582
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5582 as it looked roughly 67 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 5303Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5103Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 902Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5727Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5103Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5145Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 902Barred spiral18 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).