NGC 5664
NGC 5664
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5664 as it looked roughly 211 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
IC 991Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5716Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular32 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).