NGC 5603
NGC 5603
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5603 as it looked roughly 259 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 5598Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5536Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5697Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5536Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral16 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).