NGC 5697
NGC 5697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5697 as it looked roughly 253 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 5696Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1028Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular15 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).