NGC 5629
NGC 5629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5629 as it looked roughly 211 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 5659Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 1013Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4397Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1013Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4397Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular11 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).