NGC 5637
NGC 5637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5637 as it looked roughly 243 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 1006Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5610Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5559Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4420Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5610Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5559Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4420Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular20 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).