NGC 5628
NGC 5628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5628 as it looked roughly 266 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
IC 999Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 1000Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4469Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1000Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4469Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5490CBarred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular21 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).