NGC 5602
NGC 5602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5602 as it looked roughly 104 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 5707Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5660Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral6.4 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).