NGC 5643
NGC 5643
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5643 as it looked roughly 56 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 5530Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5398Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4945ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5556Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4976Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5398Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4945ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5556Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4976Elliptical19 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).