NGC 5690
NGC 5690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5690 as it looked roughly 79 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 5738Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1022Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5725Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5638Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 1022Barred spiral3.6 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).