NGC 5685
NGC 5685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5685 as it looked roughly 484 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 4409Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4504Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4396Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4436Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4504Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4396Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4436Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular51 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).