NGC 5655
NGC 5655
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5655 as it looked roughly 242 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 5648Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5583Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5583Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5504Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral21 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).