NGC 5656
NGC 5656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5656 as it looked roughly 147 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 5596Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5545Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5545Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5557Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5580Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5544Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical13 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).