NGC 5587
NGC 5587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5587 as it looked roughly 107 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 5600Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5666Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5666Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5665Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral26 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).