NGC 5631
NGC 5631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5631 as it looked roughly 92 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 5526Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5678Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5678Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5667Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5473Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular6.1 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).