NGC 5640
NGC 5640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
662 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 662 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5640 as it looked roughly 662 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 5547Galaxy120 million ly
apartNGC 6331Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 3736Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical160 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6331Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 3736Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical160 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral160 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).