NGC 5665
NGC 5665
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5665 as it looked roughly 103 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 5666Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5587Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5600Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5846AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5661Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5587Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5600Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5846AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral21 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).