NGC 5653
NGC 5653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5653 as it looked roughly 166 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 5672Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5639Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5703Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4497Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5639Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5703Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4497Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral13 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).