NGC 5630
NGC 5630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5630 as it looked roughly 125 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 5704Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5730Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5371Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral16 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).