NGC 5633
NGC 5633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5633 as it looked roughly 108 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 5714Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1029Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5693Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1029Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular9.0 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).