NGC 5635
NGC 5635
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5635 as it looked roughly 201 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 4452Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1020Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical9.2 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).