NGC 5666
NGC 5666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5666 as it looked roughly 104 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 5665Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5587Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5600Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5587Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5600Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5661Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5492Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5762Spiral22 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).