NGC 5641
NGC 5641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5641 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
NGC 5642Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5635Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 4452Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4447Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular9.8 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).