NGC 5624
NGC 5624
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5624 as it looked roughly 90 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 5520Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5480Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5500Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.2 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).