NGC 5614
NGC 5614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5614 as it looked roughly 181 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 5615Galaxy4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5579Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5533Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5579Spiral14 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).