NGC 5675
NGC 5675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5675 as it looked roughly 185 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 5684Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5614Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5686Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5615Galaxy7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5614Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5686Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral13 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).