NGC 5671
NGC 5671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5671 as it looked roughly 419 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 5415Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1083Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1083Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5479Elliptical43 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).