NGC 5689
NGC 5689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5689 as it looked roughly 101 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 5700Barred spiral740,000 ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5714Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5676Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5714Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral5.7 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).