NGC 5695
NGC 5695
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5695 as it looked roughly 198 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 5686Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4500Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5754Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4500Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5754Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral13 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).