NGC 5647
NGC 5647
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5647 as it looked roughly 346 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 5644Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1009Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 994Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1009Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 994Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5550Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5591 NED01Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 993Barred spiral20 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).