NGC 5616
NGC 5616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
242k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5616 as it looked roughly 391 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 5613Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5568Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular17 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).