NGC 5596
NGC 5596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5596 as it looked roughly 148 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 5557Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5545Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5656Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5588Spiral12 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).