NGC 5663
NGC 5663
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5663 as it looked roughly 318 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 5816Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5817Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical60 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).