NGC 5615
NGC 5615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
9k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5615 as it looked roughly 185 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 5614Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5686Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5675Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5533Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5684Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5686Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5445Lenticular14 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).