NGC 5669
NGC 5669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5669 as it looked roughly 65 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 5645Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 1014Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1014Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5701Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 1024Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular9.5 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).