NGC 5654
NGC 5654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5654 as it looked roughly 406 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 5646Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5616Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5517Lenticular29 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).